New York student, pulls an AR15 rifle on some people...

..That where actively breaking into his house. Good thing the robbers knew that the AR15 "is ONLY good for killing lots of people, has absolutely no other use at all, and only crazy people and mass killers have them" Since they where of the peaceful sort of home invaders, they ran, and possibly, STILL running...

2. Ok, YOU prove otherwise...LOL....Problems with the narrative getting out of hand?? .....

3. When they have "perps" in custody the story will have legs. But there are helpful elements.

According to the gun owner, the weapon was properly locked up and stored unloaded.

When common sense prevails and gun owners are subject to strict liability for unsafe practices, there will be a lot more who treat weapons with due respect.

This story may not be believable, but maybe some gun owners will learn a valuable lesson about how to treat a weapon with respect. Had the gun owners who provided the weapons to the killers in Colorado and Sandy Hook been as responsible, there would have been no deaths.

16. No. There are many dangerous people.

18. But ...

... didn't you just say you don't have to be armed to be threatening? People are dangerous because they

A) have the power to do ill
B) have the willingness to do ill

Having a firearm you are competent to operate available for your protection will, in certain circumstances, negate or, at minimum, equalize A) in a way no other method can. And without A), B) often goes away, at least long enough to resolve the immediate situation.

26. "We answer to a higher authority" -- Hebrew National Hot Dogs

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

A right endowed by a Creator trumps a right endowed by Congress any day of the week (and twice on Saturday). Are you familiar with any part of the Constitution that negates rights endowed by my Creator?

You should consider yourself lucky that the 2A is only a Constitutionally-guaranteed right and not guaranteed by the Creator.

40. You don't have a right to assume that all gun owners consider the gun to be the be-all-end-all to

self defense.

Who are you to assume what layers I have?

Who are you to assume that I'm even protecting myself from home invaders every night?

You don't even know. But you fundamental problem is you drop everyone in the same box and assume things meant to be condescending.

I've got 2 close friends who were saved by guns, and they did it without shooting... but the presence of the gun is what turned the situations around.. That trumps anything you've got to say about the matter.

20. Last time I checked

No one wants to arm murders, robbers, rapist and anyone falling in line with those types of characters. Even if you made all the guns magically disappear more of the same would happen, and here in America we can get plenty creative on ways to do it. Sensible control on purchasing and vetting of individuals should definitely be strengthen and penalties for crimes committed with fire arms should go up too...But in to many situations gun charges are dropped or pleaded out in cases for confession of guilt.

10. there will always be guns because it is a very old and fairly simple technology

Do all gun control advocates live in fear of Olympic target shooters? I noticed that Feinstien's bill seems to ban those pistols as "assault weapons" as did California until it had to be amended to accommodate Olympians.
here will always be weak, frightened, people who cannot live without a crutch.

Name calling: This techniques consists of attaching a negative label to a person or a thing. People engage in this type of behavior when they are trying to avoid supporting their own opinion with facts. Rather than explain what they believe in, they prefer to try to tear their opponent down.

17. projecting again

see above propaganda technique. It has to do with chosen sport, culture, etc. Perhaps if gun control advocates had better arguments or better critical thinking skills, we could have more constructive discussions.